Remove discriminators in favor of unique usernames

(#1015) Feature Under consideration profiles

8mo agoby RexSystem edited originally by @dontbepooron on GitHub

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I been interested/worried about how discriminators will look on-top of federation, feels like it could lead to usernames being incredibly long

Status: Open: Under consideration
Type: Feature
Tags: profiles
Votes: 35 +24 from GitHub
Source: fluxerapp/fluxer#490
Also reported in: #4610 can we not have these 4 number user tags please that was one of the worst features of discord until they removed them

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Fullest merged #4610 can we not have these 4 number user tags please that was one of the worst features of discord until they removed them into #1015 Remove discriminators in favor of unique usernames
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Rex edited #1015
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Rex edited #1015
- Title changed from Suggestion: Remove discriminator (#xxxx) from usernames to ensure true uniqueness to Remove discriminators in favor of unique usernames
Reason: The "Suggestion:" prefix is removed so the title states the request directly.
29d ago
Rex edited #1015
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